Smartphone Lost? Locate It, Lock It, Clear It and Restore It with New Protection App from Sprint

Free application is available to customers who subscribe to Sprint’s
Total Equipment Protection plan

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), February 28, 2011 -
The cost to replace a lost mobile device is usually the least of a
wireless customer’s worries, especially if he or she is protected by
Sprint’s Total Equipment Protection, which provides coverage against
loss, theft and damage. The bigger nightmare is the thought that a
customer’s personal contacts, photos and other private information could
fall into the wrong hands. To help alleviate those fears, Sprint (NYSE:
S) customers needing to track down a lost device and protect their
personal information can do so now with the launch of a new application
called Total Equipment Protection App.*

Sprint customers with Total Equipment Protection will be able to access
the new application, beginning today, at www.sprint.com/protection,
where they will benefit from the following features:

Locate lost device by sounding an alarm on the smartphone even if in
silent mode, doing a real time locate via GPS technology, or viewing
the smartphone’s location history on a map via a Web Interface

Remotely lock their smartphone

Erase contacts in the address book on a lost smartphone

Backup, manage and restore contacts

“Anyone who has lost a phone knows that their personal information is
possibly just as vulnerable as if their computer was hacked,” said John
Carney, senior vice president of consumer marketing for Sprint. “Now,
Sprint customers have peace of mind knowing that their personal and
private information is safe. TEP and this accompanying application is a
safeguard for customers who want protection from not only loss, but
misuse and unauthorized access.”

The Protection App is included at no additional charge as a benefit of
Total Equipment Protection plan, which is $7 per month, per line of
service. It is available to customers with phones using BlackBerry and
Android mobile platforms. TEP customers download and install the
user-friendly application at www.sprint.com/protection.
Privacy protection is included with the Protection App. Each time the
smartphone’s location is requested by the Web interface, an SMS text
message is sent to the smartphone notifying it has been located.

In addition to purchasing TEP coverage, customers have several other
steps to help customers protect their information:

Pass codes – Sprint customers should always use pass codes to lock
their phones and make it harder for the phone to be accessible if lost.

Protect voice mail – Use the “pass code feature” to retrieve
voicemails rather than opting to skip it in order to maintain the
highest level of security. Without it, anyone with access to the
device can connect to the voicemail.

Contact Sprint – Call Sprint’s Customer Care department immediately to
deactivate the phone if it is believed to be lost, stolen or accessed
without authorization.

About Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 49.9
million customers at the end of 2010 and is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including
the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United
States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid
brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance
Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities;
and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Newsweek ranked Sprint No.
6 in its 2010 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation’s greenest
companies, the highest of any telecommunications company. You can learn
more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com
or www.facebook.com/sprint
and www.twitter.com/sprint.

Smartphone Lost? Locate It, Lock It, Clear It and Restore It with New Protection App from Sprint

<h1>Smartphone Lost? Locate It, Lock It, Clear It and Restore It with New Protection App from Sprint</h1><p>OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (<a href='http://www.businesswire.com' target='_blank')>BUSINESS WIRE</a>), February 28, 2011 -
The cost to replace a lost mobile device is usually the least of a
wireless customer’s worries, especially if he or she is protected by
Sprint’s Total Equipment Protection, which provides coverage against
loss, theft and damage. The bigger nightmare is the thought that a
customer’s personal contacts, photos and other private information could
fall into the wrong hands. To help alleviate those fears, Sprint (NYSE:
S) customers needing to track down a lost device and protect their
personal information can do so now with the launch of a new application
called Total Equipment Protection App.*
</p>
<p>
Sprint customers with Total Equipment Protection will be able to access
the new application, beginning today, at <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sprint.com%2Fprotection&esheet=6626605&lan=en-US&anchor=www.sprint.com%2Fprotection&index=1&md5=17a02c3201118776963c36877e7af04c">www.sprint.com/protection</a>,
where they will benefit from the following features:
</p>
<ul>
<li class="bwlistitemmargb">
Locate lost device by sounding an alarm on the smartphone even if in
silent mode, doing a real time locate via GPS technology, or viewing
the smartphone’s location history on a map via a Web Interface
</li>
<li class="bwlistitemmargb">
Remotely lock their smartphone
</li>
<li class="bwlistitemmargb">
Erase contacts in the address book on a lost smartphone
</li>
<li class="bwlistitemmargb">
Backup, manage and restore contacts
</li>
</ul>
<p>
“Anyone who has lost a phone knows that their personal information is
possibly just as vulnerable as if their computer was hacked,” said John
Carney, senior vice president of consumer marketing for Sprint. “Now,
Sprint customers have peace of mind knowing that their personal and
private information is safe. TEP and this accompanying application is a
safeguard for customers who want protection from not only loss, but
misuse and unauthorized access.”
</p>
<p>
The Protection App is included at no additional charge as a benefit of
Total Equipment Protection plan, which is $7 per month, per line of
service. It is available to customers with phones using BlackBerry and
Android mobile platforms. TEP customers download and install the
user-friendly application at <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sprint.com%2Fprotection&esheet=6626605&lan=en-US&anchor=www.sprint.com%2Fprotection&index=2&md5=33c574d8f8a2641c12c1abc937f44e58">www.sprint.com/protection</a>.
Privacy protection is included with the Protection App. Each time the
smartphone’s location is requested by the Web interface, an SMS text
message is sent to the smartphone notifying it has been located.
</p>
<p>
In addition to purchasing TEP coverage, customers have several other
steps to help customers protect their information:
</p>
<ul>
<li class="bwlistitemmargb">
Pass codes – Sprint customers should always use pass codes to lock
their phones and make it harder for the phone to be accessible if lost.
</li>
<li class="bwlistitemmargb">
Protect voice mail – Use the “pass code feature” to retrieve
voicemails rather than opting to skip it in order to maintain the
highest level of security. Without it, anyone with access to the
device can connect to the voicemail.
</li>
<li class="bwlistitemmargb">
Contact Sprint – Call Sprint’s Customer Care department immediately to
deactivate the phone if it is believed to be lost, stolen or accessed
without authorization.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
<b>About Sprint Nextel</b>
</p>
<p>
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 49.9
million customers at the end of 2010 and is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including
the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United
States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid
brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance
Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities;
and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. <i>Newsweek</i> ranked Sprint No.
6 in its 2010 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation’s greenest
companies, the highest of any telecommunications company. You can learn
more and visit Sprint at <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sprint.com&esheet=6626605&lan=en-US&anchor=www.sprint.com&index=3&md5=9d2cb682078183476711b6e1a6b8173e">www.sprint.com</a>
or <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsprint&esheet=6626605&lan=en-US&anchor=www.facebook.com%2Fsprint&index=4&md5=e31367de116ad55b12f53972dcbcaa01">www.facebook.com/sprint</a>
and <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Fsprint&esheet=6626605&lan=en-US&anchor=www.twitter.com%2Fsprint&index=5&md5=049eaef1891ccf0622a22a324d801e3e">www.twitter.com/sprint</a>.
</p>
<p>
<i>*Total Equipment Protections device replacement is underwritten by
Continental Casualty Company, a CNA Company, and administered by Asurion.</i>
</p>
<p>
</p>
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